Improvement in privy-seats



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To all 'whom 'it may conce/m.- Be it known that I, FRASE REED, of Fitchburg, 4in the county of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful "Improvement in Privy-Seat; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, audexat description thereof, whichwill enable those skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being liadto theaccompanying drawings, formingp'art ofthis specification. This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in seats, for privies onfwater-closets; and also portable privy-.seats for the sick-chamber; and

cover, or extra seat, and with a closing valve and their operatinglmechanism, arrangedas will be hereinafter described. i y The "drawing represents ,a perspective `View of a privy-seat, constructed according to' my invention.- A is` the seat of the'ordinaryprivy. y B is the adjustable extra seat, which is secured to .a shaft over the seat A',.a`s seen'in the drawing.

` seen indotted-lines.

.lhis valve and the extraseat B are operated simultaneously.

` When `the seat versa. v The manner inwhich they are operated, islas folzlowsw 'f Under the seat A there is a horizontal shaft, D, as seen where the` seatl is broken away, upon which are two pinion-wheels elf. i

`Theseatf is attached to a shaft, g, which Iis supported on the seat by journals 1 at its ends, as seen at `hc.` t`

On this shaft there is a pinion, j. k is a'double rack, which engages withl the pinion j, and also with the pinion e; y L is a sector-bar, having a rack onits. end which engages with the pinionf.`:

mis a spring which i hearsupward against the secv`4tor-barwith a constant pressure. l When the bar, is depressed,`- will be seen that the shaft D, and alsothe shaft Vg, will Vbe partially revolved. i

" `seatAr fromthe'undersidefits size or' diameter being is down,"the valve drops, and rice naar swag,

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It consists in providingthe" seat with an adjustable `O represents the valve which closes the hole in the Letters Patent No. 97,634, datedlecmnbey'r` 7, 1869; antedated Nocentber 30, 1869.

" Thgyiichedule referred to in'these Letters Patent and making part of therama The revolution, or partial revolution of the shaft g,

Y brings the seat -B down on to the seat A, and the partial revolution of theshaft D, to which the valve C is attachcd,'brings Vthe valve upward against the bottom' of the seat A. v

As before stated, when the hole in the seat A is closedby the valve, the seat B is raised, as seen in the drawing. Y

' The sector-bar L is depressed by a weight applied to the tread-piece N, through the connecting-rod O.

rlhis tread-piece may be a portion of the hoor, or

a piece on the door, to whichl the rod O is attached.

These-at B may be made of either wood or metal, covered with carpet or baizecloth, or cushioned in any desired manner, so as to avoid the inconvenience and vdiscomfort of sitting on a cold or frosty'seat.

To delicate persons or invalids, in country privies, this isa matter of great importance.

As seen in the drawing, the seat is in the condition in which it always remains, except when in actual use.

A person steps upon the tread-piece N, which brings the seat B down, and drops the valve C. 'v

The sector-bar receives sufficient weight from the i door in the side..

The valve will prevent the escape of all'disagreeable odor. l y

I claim as new, and desire to secure by' Letters Patent- 1. The s haft D, with its pinions` e and the sector-- bar L, spri1 1g.m, 'rod o, and tread-piece N, in combin nation with privy-seat, substantiallyas described and forthepurposes set forth. i

2. The combination of the shaft g, pinion l j, and double rack k, with the shaft-"D, carrying the valve 0,

and operated as described, and with the extra seat B,

as herein set forth for the purpose specied.

FRANK REED. Witnesses:

FRANK `BnooKLsY ALEX. F. Rosnrrs 

